The Psychological Health and Social Impacts of Constitutional Court’s Verdict No. 97/PUU-XIV/2016
Abstract
After the Constitutional Court’s Verdict No. 97/PUU-XIV/2016, acolytes of beliefs have electronic
identification cards and family cards which say, “Belief towards the Almighty God” in the “religion”
column. In this case, the status of the acolyte of beliefs’ existence is more acknowledged administratively
in Indonesia. The research method used in this study is the normative-empirical l research method. The
data is collected using the literature study and interview methods. The aim of this research is to know how
the psychological and social impacts of the Constitutional Court’s verdict are. This research finds that the
acknowledgement of this status gives psychological and social impacts towards the life of the acolytes. The
psychological and social impacts of the Constitutional Court’s Verdict happened to the uncertainty and doubt
of the acolytes. If they change their statuses, they will face many problems and they must leave the comfort
zone they have stayed at for so long. This research has value as the “religion column” is sensitive and results
to impacts in Indonesia.